Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of etrogs, yellow citrons used by Jews during Sukkot.
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Community What To Do With Your Etrog After Sukkot
It’s been a long 8 days of eating and sleeping in the sukkah, shaking your lulav and etrog to and fro. But now that the holiday of Sukkot is coming to an end, what are you supposed to do with that fruit you spent so much money on? Because of the high amounts of pesticides…
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Fast Forward Holland Bears First Naturally Grown Etrog Fruit In Decades
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Following record-breaking temperatures in the Netherlands, a tree planted years ago by a Jewish woman near the capital produced what may be the country’s first naturally grown etrog fruit in decades. Rachel Levy eight years ago planted several seeds of an etrog tree, a citrus whose fruits are used for ceremonial purposes…
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Community How Much Should You Spend On A Lulav And Etrog?
In preparation for the holiday of Sukkot, many Jews around the world will purchase a lulav (bound date, myrtle and willow fronds) and an etrog (a citron) for use during synagogue and in their sukkahs. Although the two objects may seem humble, together they can cost a very pretty penny. In a recent informal poll,…
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Breaking News Severe Etrog Shortage Has Chabad Communities On Edge
(JTA) –Fifty years ago, leaders of the Chabad movement tasked Rabbi Moshe Lazar of Milan with supervising the local production and export of the Calabria etrog, the citrus fruit used by Jews during the harvest festival of Sukkot. Lazar’s job is to make sure the fruit is kosher for the festival, and that local farmers aren’t…
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Fast Forward Russia Sanctions Won’t Affect Italian Etrog Exports For Sukkot
(JTA) — The Italian government said that the export of Italy-grown etrog fruits to Russia will not be affected by sanctions imposed by the European Union against Moscow, Russia’s chief rabbi said. The agreement to exempt the export of the citrus fruit, which Jewish communities use as a religious artifact during the week-long holiday of Sukkot,…
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Israel News Ex-Settlers Strive for Perfect Etrog Fruit in Negev
Three days before the Sukkot holiday, Yehuda Uzan plucked the final etrog fruits from his family orchard to be shipped across Israel. The perfumed citrus is grown throughout the Holy Land for ritual purposes during the harvest festival of Sukkot. But it’s a relatively new crop in this distant corner of the Negev desert, where…
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Opinion This Sukkot, Ditch Your Etrog and Lulav in Favor of Apples and Maple Leaves
No Jewish holiday is more beloved among American and Israeli environmentalists than Sukkot. With its agricultural roots and its dictum to live close to the earth, Sukkot is the sine qua non of Jewish environmentalism. Camp out under the stars in what is essentially a lean-to, eat all your meals in it, invite friends over…
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Breaking News Why Morocco Is Hot Spot for Etrogs This Sukkot
(JTA) — Why the Jews want etrogs, Mohammed Douch does not entirely understand. What he does know is that they are his main customers. Each August and September, Jewish merchants come from around the world to his remote grove in the highlands of Morocco — an hourlong hike through mountains, over rocks and along cliffsides….
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